Improvement in  connecting thslls to carriages



pliedto tion. y l 'v In thezsaid drawings, a a are the thills; b,

- Nunn 'l RLANEY E. SAMPSON, OF

'ATENTI OFFICE.

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

iMPRovswlENT INl CONNECTIMG YT'|"|il s To GARRIAGES.

VSloecificatioil forming partofLettvers Patent No. 8,31 3. dated June'20f1865.

To `l whom it may concern: Y i

Be it known that I, BLANEYv-E. SAMPsoN, of Boston, in' the county ot'a Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have in'vcnteda new and useful Improvement in C arriages, or in the applicatiou of thills to thelaxlesfthereof;and `I do hereby `declare the same. tol b e fully described ,in the following specification and repaccompanying drawings, of'

resented in the whichy y Figure l 'is a top View,V and Fig. 2 a side View, of a pair of chills and a carriage-axle apgether in accordance 'with my inventheir connection-bar; and A, theaxle, of which vc c are the armsor journals.

IIn carrying ont my invention I.. so 'apply the thills tro-the axles as `to enable them toi-revolve or -turn on its arms, or, in other words, I circumscribe each journal e by a collar or short' tube, d, having anarm, e, projecting from it. These collars are to'be placed closely against the shoulders f f of the journals,.and the thills are to be fastened by screw-4 bolts vg g to the l arms or such collars, thewhole-being arranged -as shown in the lra'wings.Y By turningthe matter to removethe thills fro-nl tlleir connection with the axle. 'lhe Wheels5when applied' 4`instead. of *being applied to start projecting therefrom and fastened therein-or thereto. .4

proved manner, are not so apt to become'acei- Vwhenhehl to` strutsl by screw vbolts, and,v besides', they workwith less'noise'and wear. ,.l claim' as myinuentiou- .V i The application of the thills tothe armsor journals 'ofan axle ily-.means substantially as described, whereby they in.

and turn on such arms w'hile`inV use. I v

BLANEY E SAMPSON.V

Witnesses: y

F'. P. H'ALmJr., RSE.' EDDY..

screw -bolts of one of the armsc and separating the arm from the thill itwill be-aneasy to the axle-journals, worl closely againstthe collars, the thills b'eing free to turn on the axle Thills,-'when applied to an axle inrmy im:

d entally disconnected therefrom as theyare y be supported by' 

